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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973014403321

Autore

Binford Lewis R (Lewis Roberts), <1931-2011.>

Titolo

Debating archaeology / / Lewis R. Binford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Walnut Creek, CA, : Left Coast Press, 2009

ISBN

1-315-43063-0

1-315-43064-9

1-315-43065-7

1-59874-768-1

Edizione

[Updated paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (554 p.)

Collana

Studies in archaeology

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Archaeology

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface to the Updated Paperback Edition (2009); Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. Much Ado About Nothing; III. Empiricism and Other Problems in Contemporary Archaeology; IV. Models and Accommodating Arguments versus Pattern Recognition: What Drives Research Best?; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, the founder of processual archaeology, Lewis R. Binford collects and comments on the twenty-eight substantive papers published in the 1980's, the third in his set of collected papers (also Working at Archaeology and  An Archaeological Perspective). This ongoing collection of self-edited papers, together with the extensive and very candid interstitial commentaries, provides an invaluable record of the development of ""The New Archaeology"" and a challenging view into the mind of the man who is certainly the most creative archaeological theorist of our time. A new (2009) for